| Order number: |
MMS/Special Series/Biographical/India/FBN 22 (fiche 942-947)
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| Summary: |
Journal covering the entire period Rev Blackburn spent as a missionary in India. Begins with his preparations to depart England (30 September [18]85) and ends with him returned to England (4 May [18]89). With a few miscellaneous notes at rear.
Book of newspaper and other cuttings - mainly from missionary publications - relating to India, 1890s.
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| Main author: |
Blackburn; Edward Percy (1862-1940); ordained missionary |
| Extent: |
2 volumes
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| Admin history: |
Edward Percy Blackburn was born in Horsford, Yorkshire, in 1862. He entered the Wesleyan ministry in 1885 and after a short time at Richmond College found himself appointed to the newly created Wesleyan Methodist Missionary District of Negapatam and Trichinopoly in India. During his three years in India he worked in both Manargoody [Mannargudi] and Trichinopoly [Tiruchirappalli], including at the High School of the former where Theophilus Subrahmanyam was amongst his pupils. Ill health forced him to leave India in 1889 and return to England where he had a long career in home districts particularly in East Anglia, the Home Counties and the West Country. He also served as an army chaplain and a prison chaplain. In 1929 he became a supernumerary at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He maintained an interest in India (particularly its literature) throughout his life. He died on 27 November 1940. |
Edward Percy Blackburn was born in Horsford, Yorkshire, in 1862. He entered the Wesleyan ministry in 1885 and after a short time at Richmond College found himself appointed to the newly created Wesleyan Methodist Missionary District of Negapatam and Trichinopoly in India. During his three years in India he worked in both Manargoody [Mannargudi] and Trichinopoly [Tiruchirappalli], including at the High School of the former where Theophilus Subrahmanyam was amongst his pupils. Ill health forced him to leave India in 1889 and return to England whe ... View more |
| Access status: |
Open
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| Access conditions: |
Only to be viewed on microfiche
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| Copyright: |
Copyright mostly held by Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes |
| User restrictions: |
For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance |
| Language: |
English
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| Related material: |
Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence for Edward Blackburn (MMS/India/Correspondence/Madras/FBN 25 & MMS/India/Correspondence/Negapatam/FBN 39). Further information on Blackburn's work, as well as the work of his colleagues, will be contained in the relevant Synod Minutes (MMS/India/Synod Minutes/FBN 2-3). |
| Format: |
Archive
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